Content about “randomised controlled trial”

RCTs are the gold standard when it comes to testing whether an intervention, such as a new medical drug, works.

Data can give us incredibly useful insight, but they can also mislead. Here's an example.

How do you discern cause and effect when you can't do a controlled experiment? Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) are a fun and important tool.

Like any medical drug, vaccines are tested in large-scale randomised controlled trials.